How Should the Baker to Bay Trail Cross James St. (near Sunset Pond)?

The City is in the planning stage for projects to improve James St. near Sunset Pond. The projects will replace two old bridges, and the road will be widened to add sidewalks, bike lanes, and a center turn lane.

Later projects in the same vicinity are planned to add a new section of Orchard St. that will connect the existing stretches on either side of I-5 via a tunnel under the freeway. I don't know if it's part of the same project or not, but there's also a plan to add a multi-use path along Squalicum Creek from Sunset Pond west, also under the freeway. This will be part of the Baker to Bay Trail.

Traffic Talk reports that the city planners are asking the City Council which one of four options they want for having that new trail cross the improved section of James St. -- the answer will have an impact on the design and possibly the placement of one of the replacement bridges.

Drawings of the four options, via Traffic Talk
Staff Report to council, with descriptions of the four options

If you have opinions on how the trail should cross James St., tell your City Council Reps. They'll be discussing it on Monday the 11th, first at a meeting of the Public Works/Public Safety Committee (that's Barry Buchanan (CHAIR); Jack Weiss; and Gene Knutson), and then at the full Council meeting. The committee meeting is at 1:25-2:45 in the Council Chambers, and the full Council meeting is at 7pm. Agenda.

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